ꜥẖm

See also: ꜥḫm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ʕaˈçaːmaw/ → /ʕaˈçaːmaw/ → /ʕaˈçaːmə/ → /ʕaˈçoːm/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːçɛm/
- Conventional anglicization: akhem

Noun

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(originally) cultic image of a perching falcon
cultic image of a god in general
body of a god (as opposed to the god’s ba)
falcon

Inflection

Declension of ꜥẖm (masculine)

singular	ꜥẖm
dual	ꜥẖmwj
plural	ꜥẖmw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥẖm

G12

G11

ꜥšm

ꜥḫm

ꜥšm

ꜥḫm

[18th Dynasty]

Derived terms

ꜥẖmw nw ꜣḫt

Descendants

Demotic: ꜥẖm
- Coptic: ⲁϧⲱⲙ (axōm)

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 225.14–226.5
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 48

Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 22

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